INFO: task hung in con_install

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/25 09:43
Reported-by: syzbot+e606af51f0c2a8f3978c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 16d, last: 43m
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 5d18h 5d18h 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 04:34
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install (2) serial 1 1 1104d 1104d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/31 16:25
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 2305d 2305d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/16 15:03
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in con_install (2) 1 1 2251d 2251d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/09 22:35
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install (3) prio:high kernel 1 103 14h09m 209d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/01/13 11:30
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install serial 1 6 2225d 2407d 0/29 closed as dup on 2020/08/16 15:20
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 2384d 2384d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/29 01:06
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 10d 10d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/31 03:32

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.708:7653 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.708       state:D stack:27696 pid: 7653 ppid:  7455 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2093
 __down_common+0x289/0x3b0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:228
 down+0x7e/0xd0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:63
 console_lock+0x29/0x70 kernel/printk/printk.c:2557
 con_install+0x94/0x720 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:3381
 tty_driver_install_tty drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1317 [inline]
 tty_init_dev+0xbb/0x470 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1431
 tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2100 [inline]
 tty_open+0x7e8/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
 chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
 do_dentry_open+0x7f7/0xf90 fs/open.c:826
 do_open fs/namei.c:3616 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2718/0x2fb0 fs/namei.c:3750
 do_filp_open+0x1df/0x400 fs/namei.c:3777
 do_sys_openat2+0x14b/0x500 fs/open.c:1255
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7faaf77dd90e
RSP: 002b:00007faaf5a74b28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007faaf5a756c0 RCX: 00007faaf77dd90e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007faaf5a74c00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007faaf78b4024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007faaf7aa5038 R14: 00007faaf7aa4fa0 R15: 00007fff4c29d618
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
2 locks held by getty/3943:
 #0: ffff88802cee8098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc900026562e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
4 locks held by udevd/5409:
 #0: ffff88804f29f790 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: seq_read_iter+0x9d/0xc50 fs/seq_file.c:182
 #1: ffff88805e81ac88 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x55/0x3c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:112
 #2: ffff888050192008 (kn->active#32){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x75/0x3c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:113
 #3: ffff888060b83220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #3: ffff888060b83220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: uevent_show+0x16c/0x320 drivers/base/core.c:2408
6 locks held by kworker/0:10/6027:
 #0: ffff88801bee0138 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90002f4fd00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff888025443220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #2: ffff888025443220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: hub_event+0x178/0x5260 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5827
 #3: ffff888060b83220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #3: ffff888060b83220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:974
 #4: ffff888062fd61a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #4: ffff888062fd61a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:974
 #5: ffffffff8c97f088 (registration_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: register_framebuffer+0x8a/0xa70 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1919
3 locks held by kworker/0:15/6036:
1 lock held by syz.5.638/7103:
3 locks held by kworker/u4:17/7228:
3 locks held by kworker/u4:19/7232:
2 locks held by syz.0.708/7653:
 #0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
 #1: ffff88806172a1c0 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_init_dev+0x6f/0x470 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1430
1 lock held by syz.1.887/8379:
 #0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.7.1314/10031:
 #0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.9.1271/10051:
 #0: ffff888025443220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #0: ffff888025443220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: usbdev_open+0x14e/0x7a0 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:1040
2 locks held by syz.1.1567/11274:
2 locks held by syz.1.1567/11328:
 #0: ffff88805aa9e460 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
 #1: ffff888075f26c30 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
 #1: ffff888075f26c30 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: process_measurement+0x3af/0x1c20 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:242
1 lock held by rm/11335:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
 watchdog+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/10 22:20 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/10 05:11 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/07 03:29 linux-5.15.y 9c7634c60784 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/01 07:53 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/01 07:08 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/07/25 09:43 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.